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nightlightsukUnder the mysterious guise of the new electropop band I'm in, The Moons Of Jupiter, we played a whole half an hour set last Saturday at HMV. I would never have imagined saying that a year ago. (Mainly because the band didn't exist a year ago.) I can't deny that I was bloody nervous just before we started. Setting up the equipment - which included not just my stuff, but also we had to provide our own PA which weighed a ton - was a good distraction. But then there was about half an hour of standing around not doing much except quietly thinking "ARRRRRRGH."
But once we actually started the show, it went with no problems and I just concentrated on noodling about with the keyboard, and the nerves more or less vanished. And it went even better than we hoped. Some of the audience were people we knew who had turned up to support us, but at least two thirds were people who we didn't know, and quite a few had been wandering past HMV and went in to see what was going on. (And thankfully stuck around.) There was one distracting moment when someone behind me started clicking through the poster rack, but otherwise it went great. And we sold 10 CDs by the end of the show which may not sound much, but according to the assistant manager there, that is very rare. Usually sales from a band playing there are roughly on the bad side of zero. So that was very encouraging.
We did a set at a new place in Brierley Hill on Wednesday too, a really nifty place called the Voodoo Blue Lounge. It was a quiet night though and only about 10 people were there. But it was still a good reaction to the music and extra practice without any pressure.
Next up is a support slot in Stourbridge, supporting a Depeche Mode tribute act called Black Celebration. Next Friday. HELP!
But once we actually started the show, it went with no problems and I just concentrated on noodling about with the keyboard, and the nerves more or less vanished. And it went even better than we hoped. Some of the audience were people we knew who had turned up to support us, but at least two thirds were people who we didn't know, and quite a few had been wandering past HMV and went in to see what was going on. (And thankfully stuck around.) There was one distracting moment when someone behind me started clicking through the poster rack, but otherwise it went great. And we sold 10 CDs by the end of the show which may not sound much, but according to the assistant manager there, that is very rare. Usually sales from a band playing there are roughly on the bad side of zero. So that was very encouraging.
We did a set at a new place in Brierley Hill on Wednesday too, a really nifty place called the Voodoo Blue Lounge. It was a quiet night though and only about 10 people were there. But it was still a good reaction to the music and extra practice without any pressure.
Next up is a support slot in Stourbridge, supporting a Depeche Mode tribute act called Black Celebration. Next Friday. HELP!
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